1 Chronicles 16:21 “He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:”

1 Chronicles 16:21

He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

World English Bible

He allowed no man to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

American Standard Version

He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

Geneva Bible 1599

He suffered no man to do them wrong, but rebuked Kings for their sakes, saying,

Darby Translation

He suffered no man to oppress them, And reproved kings for their sakes,

Young's Literal Translation

He hath not suffered any to oppress them, And reproveth on their account kings:

Bible in Basic English

He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them,

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Cross references

“He suffered”

Genesis 31:29 Genesis 31:24 Genesis 31:42

Genesis 31:29 · BSB

I have power to do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’

Genesis 31:24 · BSB

But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

Genesis 31:42 · BSB

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He…

“he reproved”

Genesis 20:3 Genesis 12:17 Exodus 7:15–18 Exodus 9:13–18

Genesis 20:3 · BSB

One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”

Genesis 12:17 · BSB

The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.

Exodus 7:15–18 · BSB

Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.

Exodus 9:13–18 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

22‘Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!’

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